Mr. Kane Got Blacklisted

Everyone could see what was happening. At the crucial moment of the competition, Darcie teamed up with Mallory and Jaylene. The reason was obvious. The prize pool was 10 million, with 80% going to the winner. To get a reward, you had to make it to the top ten, which was no easy feat. In reality, it was more about appearances than a fair competition.

Stella suggested expanding the prize to the top 20 and excluding Jaylene, making it easier for everyone to win something.

The 8 million championship prize was still up for grabs, and with Jaylene out of the picture, who wouldn’t want to give it a shot?

People in the room exchanged looks, each considering their chances.

Darcie didn’t need a vote to know the outcome. She looked at Stella and smiled. “No need to vote. I think your idea is good. Let’s go with it. I hope everyone does their best. I’ll personally host a banquet to celebrate.”

Stella met her gaze and smiled back. “Then I wish you all success in advance.”

She started clapping, and everyone followed. As their eyes met, they silently acknowledged the tension between them.

Jaylene was furious. She stormed out as soon as the meeting ended and collided with a secretary carrying documents. Papers scattered everywhere. “Are you blind?” Jaylene snapped, her anger flaring.

The secretary turned pale and quickly apologized.

Darcie frowned and called Jaylene’s name, but Jaylene ignored her, shoved the secretary aside, and slammed the door on her way out, making a loud noise.

at Darcie with a helpless expression and quietly asked, “Aunt, is Jaylene upset? I didn’t mean to target her. My suggestion was for the

comment made Darcie’s blood

wouldn’t care about such a small bonus. She suggested the prize pool to

was thoughtless. Aunt, please tell her that after the competition, I’ll treat

said nothing more, and quickly left with

watched her go, then stood up to return to her

the competition results. The perfume competition used a points system, with both individual and group rounds. Points accumulated with each round, and the lowest scores were eliminated. The

critical. A mistake could take several rounds to recover from, making a comeback in the final round almost impossible. It tested not only a

ranked in the top ten overall. Mallory even took third place, Sonia was sixth, followed by Kiara at thirteenth, and Jaylene at nineteenth. Additionally, six others made it into

was the first to accumulate points, the rankings were somewhat random. Otherwise, how could someone like Jaylene make it into

two rounds were group matches, testing teamwork skills. Teams could either be formed freely or assigned randomly by the system. Jaylene would definitely team up with Mallory, securing her spot in the next round without much effort. Stella was more

teammates. Sonia had said that random pairing would be fine. Stella, however, felt that random pairings

only Kiara might be a good partner for Sonia. But Kiara was on good terms with several other competitors from the company. Asking her directly might be awkward—if she already had a

ask them later. Just then, there was a knock on her office door. Kiara came in, holding two

the file.

Jewell, I’d like

was surprised. “No one asked you to team

created that S essential oil, it really impressed me. She made it into the top ten in the preliminary round too.